The Civil War : the first year told by those who lived it
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Simpson, Brooks D., editor.
Sears, Stephen W. editor.
Sheehan-Dean, Aaron Charles editor.

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New York, New York : Library of America :, 2011.

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Preface

Introduction

Calling a Secession Convention, November 1860 / Charleston Mercury, (What Shall the South Carolina Legislature Do? November 3, 1860)

Alarms from the South, Illinois, November 1860 / John G Nicolay, (Memoranda Regarding Abraham Lincoln, November 5-6, 1860)

Threat of Secession, November 1860 / New-York Daily Tribune, (Going to Go, November 9, 1860)

Need for Southern Cooperation, November 1860 / Jefferson Davis to Robert Barnwell Rhett Jr, (November 10, 1860)

Debating Secession, Georgia, November 1860 / Benjamin Hill, (Speech at Milledgeville, November 15, 1860)

States cannot exist disunited, November 1860 / New York Daily News, (Right of States to Secede, November 16, 1860)

I am for the Union as it is, Texas, November 1860 / Sam Houston to H M Watkins and others, (November 20, 1860)

Our sore national sickness, New York, November 1860 / George Templeton Strong, (Diary, November 20, November 26-December 1, 1860)

This dangerous game, Missouri, November 1860 / Edward Bates, (Diary, November 22, 1860)

Wicked Spirit of Secession, Tennessee, November 1860 / William G Brownlow to R H Appleton, (November 29, 1860)

Lincoln, and Slavery, December 1860 / Frederick Douglass, (Late Election, December 1860)

Secessionism in Louisiana, December 1860 / William T Sherman to Thomas Ewing Sr and to John Sherman, (December 1, 1860)

Washington, DC, December / James Buchanan, (1860 From the Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1860)

Benefits of Slavery, December 1860 / J D B DeBow, (Non-Slaveholders of the South, December 5, 1860)

Advocating Secession, Georgia, December 1860 / Joseph E Brown to Alfred H Colquitt and others, (December 7, 1860)

Restating positions on slavery, December 1860 / Abraham Lincoln to John A Gilmer, (December 15, 1860)

Rejecting Coercion, December 1860 / New-York Daily Tribune, (Right of Secession, December 17, 1860)

I stand by the Union, December 1860 / Benjamin F Wade, (Remarks in the US Senate, December 17, 1860)

Compromise over Slavery, December 1860 / John J Crittenden, (Remarks in the US Senate, December 18, 1860)

Meanness and rascality, Washington, DC, December 1860 / Henry Adams to Charles Francis Adams Jr, (December 18-20, 1860)

Confidential Message, Illinois, December 1860 / John G Nicolay, (Memorandum Regarding Abraham Lincoln, December 22, 1860)

Charleston, December 1860 / (South Carolina Declaration of the Causes of Secession, December 24, 1860)

Occupying Fort Sumter, South Carolina, December 1860 / Abner Doubleday, (From Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61)

Terrible revulsion of feeling, South Carolina, December 1860 / Catherine Edmondston, (Diary, December 26-27, 1860)

Urging Kentucky to Secede, December 1860 / Stephen F Hale to Beriah Magoffin, December 27, 1860

Tempest bursting, 1860 / Herman Melville, (Misgivings)

Sad foreboding, Georgia, January 1861 / Mary Jones to Charles C Jones Jr, January 3, 1861

All depends on Virginia, Washington, DC, January 1861 / Henry Adams to Charles Francis Adams Jr, January 8, 1861

Jackson, January 1861 / Mississippi Declaration of the Causes of Secession, January 9, 1861

Warlike aspect, Washington, DC, January 1861 / Elizabeth Blair Lee to Samuel Phillips Lee, December 25, January 9-10, 1861

Star of the West, South Carolina, January 1861 / Catherine Edmondston, (Diary, January 9-13, 1861)

Washington, DC, January 1861 / Jefferson Davis, (Farewell Address in the US Senate, January 21, 1861)

Evils of Anarchy and Civil War, January 1861 / Robert E Lee to George Washington Custis Lee, January 23, 1861

Montgomery, Alabama, February / Jefferson Davis, 1861 (Inaugural Address, February 18, 1861)

Hopes for Lincoln's Administration, March 1861 / Frederick Douglass, (The New President, March 1861)

Washington, DC, March 1861 / Abraham Lincoln, (First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861)

That wretch Abraham Lincoln, North Carolina, March 1861 / Catherine Edmondston, (Diary, March 4, 1861)

Vindicating Slavery, Georgia, March 1861 / Alexander H Stephens, (Corner-Stone Speech, March 21, 1861)

Relieving Fort Sumter, Washington, DC, March-April 1861 / Edward Bates. (Diary, March 9-April 8, 1861)

Seward and Fort Sumter, Washington, DC March 1861 / Gideon Welles (Memoir of Events, March 1861)

Challenging Lincoln, Washington, DC, April 1861 / William H Seward, (Memorandum for the President, April 1, 1861)

I must do it, Washington, DC, April 1861 / Abraham Lincoln to William H Seward, April 1, 1861

War Begins, South Carolina, April 1861 / Mary Chesnut, (Diary, April 7-15, 1861)

Bombardment and Surrender, South Carolina, April 1861 / Abner Doubleday, (From Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61)

New Yorkers Respond, April 1861 / George Templeton, (Strong Diary, April 13-16, 1861)

Vindicating National Honor, April 1861 / The New York Times, (People and the Issue, April 15, 1861)

Fighting the mad rebellion, April 1861 / Pittsburgh Post, (War Begun-The Duty of American Citizens, April 15, 1861)

Celebration in Charleston, South Carolina, April 1861 / William Howard Russell, (From My Diary North and South, April 17, 1861)

Infidel Enemies, Georgia, April 1861 / Charles C Jones Sr to Charles C Jones Jr, April 20, 1861

Secessionism in Richmond, Virginia, April 1861 / John B Jones, (Diary, April 15-22, 1861)

Baltimore Riot, April 1861 / John W Hanson, (From Historical Sketch of the Old Sixth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers)

I have but one sentiment now, Illinois, April 1861 / Ulysses S Grant to Frederick Dent, April 19, 1861, and to Jesse Root Grant, (April 21, 1861)

Montgomery, Alabama, April 1861 / Jefferson Davis, (Message to the Confederate Congress, April 29, 1861)

Strike down slavery itself, May 1861 / Frederick Douglass, (How to End the War, May 1861)

New York, Spring 1861 / Walt Whitman, (First O Songs for a Prelude)

Strategic Plan, May 1861 / Winfield Scott to George B McClellan, (May 3, 1861)

Life in Army Camp, Michigan, May 1861 / Charles B Haydon, (Diary, May 3-12, 1861)

Predicting a Short War, May 1861 / Ulysses S Grant to Jesse Root Grant, (May 6, 1861)

Life in the Executive Mansion, Washington, DC, May 1861 / John Hay, (Diary, May 7-10, 1861)

Fearing Attack in Alexandria, Virginia, May 1861 / Judith W McGuire, (Diary, May 10, 1861)

Rioting in St Louis, Missouri, May 1861 / William T Sherman to John Sherman, (May 11, 1861)

Slaves seeking freedom, Virginia, May 1861 / Benjamin F Butler to Winfield Scott, (May 24, 1861)

Defining runaway slaves, Virginia, May 1861 / New York Times, (General Butler and the Contraband of War, June 2, 1861)

Our Cause is just, Louisiana, May 1861 / Kate Stone, (Journal, May 15-27, 1861)

Visit to Washington, May-June 1861 / George Templeton Strong, (Diary, May 29-June 2, 1861)

Massachusetts, May 1861 / John Brown's Body, (May 1861).

Writ of Habeas Corpus, Maryland, May 1861 / Roger B Taney, (Opinion in Ex parte Merryman, June 1, 1861)

I rejoice in this war, Virginia, June 1861 / Henry A Wise, (Speech at Richmond, June 1, 1861)

Blinded, fanatical North, Georgia, June 1861 / Charles C Jones Jr to Charles C Jones Sr and Mary Jones, June 10, 1861

Anglo-American Relations, London, June 1861 / Henry Adams to Charles Francis Adams Jr, (June 10-11, 1861)

Cherokee neutrality: Indian Territory, June 1861 / John Ross to Benjamin McCulloch, (June 17, 1861)

Emancipating Northern Opinion, June 1861 / James Russell Lowell, (Pickens-and-Stealin's Rebellion, June 1861)

Washington, DC, July 1861 / Abraham Lincoln, (Message to Congress in Special Session, July 4, 1861)

Unobserved Holiday, Louisiana, July 1861 / Kate Stone, (Journal, July 4, 1861)

Facing the enemy, Missouri, July 1861 / Ulysses S Grant (From Personal Memoirs of US Grant)

Defeats in Western Virginia, July 1861 / Sallie Brock, (From Richmond During the War)

Farewell Letter, July 1861 / Sullivan Ballou to Sarah Ballou, July 14, 1861

Battle of Manassas, Virginia, July 1861 / Charles Minor Blackford, (From Letters from Lee's Army)

Union Army retreats, Virginia, July 1861 / William Howard Russell, (From My Diary North and South)

Death and confusion everywhere, Virginia, July 1861 / Samuel J English to his Mother, (July 24, 1861)

News of Manassas, South Carolina, July 1861 / Emma Holmes, (Diary, July 22-23, 1861)

Straggling soldiers, Washington, DC, July 1861 / Elizabeth Blair Lee to Samuel Phillips Lee, (July 23, 1861)

Terrible shock, Washington, DC, July 1861 / Walt Whitman, (From Specimen Days)

Washington, DC, July 1861 / Abraham Lincoln, (Memoranda on Military Policy, July 23, 1861)

Celebrating Victory, Virginia, July 1861 / Mary Chesnut, (Diary, July 24, 1861)

Noninterference with Slavery, July 1861 / Crittenden-Johnson Resolutions, (July 22-25, 1861)

Assuming command, Washington, DC, July 1861 / George B McClellan to Mary Ellen McClellan, (July 27, 1861)

Our men are not good Soldiers, July 1861 / William T Sherman to Ellen Ewing Sherman, (July 28, 1861)

Our late awful disaster, July 1861 / Horace Greeley to Abraham Lincoln, (July 29, 1861)

Washington, DC, August 1861 / George B McClellan, (Memorandum for the President, August 2, 1861)

Measure against slavery, August 1861 / Confiscation Act, (August 6, 1861)

Presdt is an idiot, August 1861 / George B McClellan to Mary Ellen McClellan, (August 8, 9, and 16, 1861)

Battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri, August 1861 / E F Ware, (From The Lyon Campaign in Missouri)

Confederate Artillery at Wilson's Creek, Missouri, August 1861 / W E Woodruff, (From With the Light Guns in '61-'65)

Freeing the slaves of rebels, Missouri, August 1861 / John C Fremont, (Proclamation, August 30, 1861)

Modifying a Proclamation, September 1861 / Abraham Lincoln to John C Fremont, (September 2, 1861)

Need for black soldiers, September 1861 / Frederick Douglass, (Fighting rebels with only one hand, September 1861)

Revoking Fremont's Proclamation, September 1861 / Abraham Lincoln to Orville H Browning, (September 22, 1861)

Cherokee-Confederate Alliance: Indian Territory, October 1861 / John Ross, (Message to the National Council, October 9, 1861)

Battle of Ball's Bluff, Virginia, October 1861 / Henry Livermore Abbott to Josiah Gardner Abbott, (October 22, 1861)

Replacing Winfield Scott, October 1861 / George B McClellan to Mary Ellen McClellan, (October 25, 26, 30, and 31, 1861)

I am tired of incompetents, November 1861 / Charles Francis Adams Jr to Henry Adams, (November 5, 1861)

Preparing for the next battle, November 1861 / George B McClellan to Samuel LM Barlow, (November 8, 1861)

Battle of Belmont, Missouri, November 1861 / Ulysses S Grant to Jesse Root Grant, (November 8, 1861)

Doctor at Belmont, Missouri, November 1861 / Lunsford P Yandell Jr to Lunsford Yandell Sr, (November 10, 1861)

Capture of Port Royal, South Carolina, November 1861 / Samuel Francis Du Pont to Sophie Du Pont, (November 13-15, 1861)

Former slave remembers, South Carolina, November 1861 / Sam Mitchell, (Narrative of the capture of the Sea Islands, November 1861)

Confederate Sermon, Georgia, November 1861 / Henry Tucker, (God in the War, November 15, 1861)

Richmond, Virginia, November 1861 / Jefferson Davis, (Message to the Confederate Congress, November 18, 1861)

Army of the Potomac, Virginia, November 1861 / Harper's Weekly, (Great Review)

Slavery and the Press, November 1861 / Ulysses S Grant to Jesse Root Grant, (November 27, 1861)

Shortages and Inflation, Virginia, Autumn 1861 / Sallie Brock, (From Richmond during the war)

Trent Affair, London, November-December 1861 / Benjamin Moran, (Journal, November 27-December 3, 1861)

War with England, London, November 1861 / Henry Adams to Charles Francis Adams Jr, (November 30, 1861)

Washington, DC, December 1861 / Abraham Lincoln, (Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1861)

Preparing to enlist, Boston, December 1861 / Charles Francis Adams Jr to Henry Adams, (December 10, 1861)

Song of the Contrabands, Virginia, 1861 / Let My People Go

Not Relying on Foreign Aid, December 1861 / Robert E Lee to George Washington Custis Lee, (December 29, 1861)

President's duty to act, Washington, DC, December 1861 / Edward Bates, (Diary, December 31, 1861)

Lincoln and McClellan, Washington, DC, January 1862 / Irwin McDowell, (Memorandum, January 10-13, 1862)

Bottom is out of the tub, Washington, DC, January 1862 / Montgomery C Meigs, (Memoir of Meetings with President Lincoln, January 10-13, 1862)

This army has got to fight, January 1862 / Edwin M Stanton to Charles A Dana, (January 24, 1862)

Chronology

Biographical notes

Note on the texts

Notes

Index.

Subjects

LC Subjects

History.
Personal narratives.
Poetry.
Sources.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Poetry.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.

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Published

New York, New York : Library of America :, 2011.

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xxv, 814 pages : color maps ; 21 cm.

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English

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9781598530889, 1598530887

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General Note

Maps on lining papers.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description

Drawn from letters, diaries, speeches, articles, poems, songs, military reports, legal opinions, and memoirs, this collection brings together over 120 pieces by more than 60 men and women to create a firsthand narrative of the first year of the Civil War. Beginning on the eve of Lincoln's election in 1860 and ending in January 1862 with the appointment of Edwin M. Stanton as Secretary of War, the selections provide a sense of the immediacy, uncertainty, and urgency of events as the nation was torn asunder. Includes headnotes, a chronology of events, and biographical and explanatory endnotes.--Adapted from publisher description.

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Simpson, B. D., Sears, S. W., & Sheehan-Dean, A. C. (2011). The Civil War: the first year told by those who lived it . Library of America :.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Simpson, Brooks D., Stephen W. Sears and Aaron Charles Sheehan-Dean. 2011. The Civil War: The First Year Told By Those Who Lived It. New York, New York: Library of America.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Simpson, Brooks D., Stephen W. Sears and Aaron Charles Sheehan-Dean. The Civil War: The First Year Told By Those Who Lived It New York, New York: Library of America, 2011.

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Simpson, B. D., Sears, S. W. and Sheehan-Dean, A. C. (2011). The civil war: the first year told by those who lived it. New York, New York: Library of America.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Simpson, Brooks D.,, Stephen W Sears, and Aaron Charles Sheehan-Dean. The Civil War: The First Year Told By Those Who Lived It Library of America :, 2011.

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